EPA EYES TALKS WITH STATES TO AVOID FALLOUT OVER FY08 BUDGET REQUEST

EPA's chief financial officer is planning a series of meetings this month with state officials over EPA's fiscal year 2008 budget as a way to help the agency avoid a repeat of the criticism it is receiving over cuts to state grants in FY07, which states say the agency proposed without enough consultation with them. EPA Chief Financial Officer Lyons Gray is scheduled to meet with the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) April 17 to launch a number of...